Skwentna Airport
SKW · PASW · Skwentna, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Skwentna Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Skwentna, Alaska, 148 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,400 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SKW · ICAO PASW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 148 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: brush on the approach
- Runway 28: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Skwentna from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Skwentna, Alaska: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Two 100 feet towers 1.5 NM west. Soft durg spring.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; windsock - the common traffic frequency.
- Atv road Xs runway 900 feet from threshold.
- Reflective cones; thresholds reflective panels.
- Reflective cones; thresholds reflective panels.
- 200 feet path cut through trees approach end.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.